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Code of Civil Procedure § 2020.240

ARTICLE 2. Procedures Applicable to All Types of Deposition Subpoenas

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 2020.240Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 182, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 64 of Ch. 182.

A deponent who disobeys a deposition subpoena in any manner described in subdivision (c) of Section 2020.220 may be punished for contempt under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 2023.010) without the necessity of a prior order of court directing compliance by the witness. The deponent is also subject to the forfeiture and the payment of damages set forth in Section 1992.